What's flying over your house

Quite a lot of traffic this week - I live about 10 miles from Farnborough so there's a fair bit around near showtime. A couple of Ospreys a few days ago, then on Tuesday some of the London flypast came over - Airbus shaped tanker, four-engined aircraft which I think is called a "Rivet Joint", and AWACS.

Some WW1 stuff today - 2 off SE5A, 2 off DR1, Junkers D1 and BE2. Not 100% of my id of the last two, and some or all may have been replicas.

Used to see the Red Arrows a lot, but they don't do Farnborough any more (post Shoreham).

A B-25 Mitchell, quite low. Apparently its the Red Bull one and going into Farnborough.

On Tuesday it was three Pumas, six Chinooks and three EC(AH?)-135/145s all in formation. That lot made the doors rattle!

Air Force 1 over the flying fiedl this afternoon. Plus assorted light aircraft and a Harvard

Two Gunships two mins ago right over my house heading north.

I saw what looked like a DC6 flying from Cranfield, Beds, this afternoon. It flew over again at about 6pm, low and making a wonderful noise. I’m sure it was a DC6. Does anybody else know anything about it? I thought the only DC6 in the country was the ex-Air Atlantique one which was converted into a diner 😩. A happy surprise to me that another one is flying in the UK.

A friend was at Duxford on Sunday, Said he saw a DC 6 there.

The red Bull DC-6 flew right over our flying field near Luton this afternoon at about 1000 feet, wonderful sight and sound!

Thanks, I think it must have been the Red Bull DC6 then. I saw the Brietling Constellation flying in Switzerland a few years ago. I’m glad that firms sponsor these planes so that we can enjoy seeing them flying.

We had a full size Rutan Long EZ fly over the airfield at Ashbourne on Saturday. It makes me wonder if there's a model kit available or perhaps a drawing with CNC components. It would certainly be a different model.

Geoff

Just to get you in the mood.....here

Seagulls playing in the wind and soaring in the thermals.

Not exactly flying,this came down in shallow water at a beach near me today. Only pilot on board and he was rescued by the RNLI beach lifeguards.

He suffered head injury and shock but should be ok,Treated by air ambulance paramedics on scene.

Aircraft a Piper PA-28 then recovered up the beach by HM Coastguard,Fire service and JCB loader.

Edited By J D 8 on 04/09/2018 16:24:07

Last night a Chinook heading into Central London. Woka Woka Woka.........................

Today, a perfect equal both legs (as heading dead into wind) large formation of Canada Geese.

we get Tornado and Typhoons overhead every so often ... i have a video somewhere of 3 Apache helicopters flying really low past my van at work .

Saw a DC3 in D-day markings flying over Wavendon Bucks on Sunday. Milton Keynes museum had a 1940’s weekend, vehicles and a ‘WW2 flypast’. I think the DC3 I saw was the fly past, on the way back to wherever it came from. Glad I happened to be there!

Just got buzzed by Lancaster flying at about 500 feet directly above my back garden. Not far from Finningley (Doncaster Robin Hood) airport

Edited By Gary Manuel on 16/09/2018 15:36:38

The Shuttleworth Collection's Avro Anson flew over here yesterday. I'm just north of Dundee. No idea what it was doing up here but great to see.